ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 204, 22 May 1908, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

i " A MODERN ADVENTURESS."-: At tlio Opera House last evoning the Edwin Geaeh- Dramatic Company revived tlio melodrama "A Modern Adventuress.''' As the v play was produced in Wellington a few weeks, ago,' its general ■ schome jieods no recapitulation.,, It : is;of,tlio "Awful -Woman" series ,of extravagant,melodramas. Mr. Harry Dive:;' is an actor, with talent enough to push him high up on, the golden ladder' of theatrical • | succes,s ) and. in. tlio, facp of.s6 poor p]ay;,presertled' his eerie personality as Dpnelli, r an Italian sculptor, ' magnetised; the limited'.andiencc. ..Miss Helen" Burdette ,was 4te;ri#'^oma^.\ifith. w ..the;.'.rMay- knife,"and tho,. other,parts were played with more or less skill by Messrs. K. Hunter,'R.H. Longford, Edwin Green, Miss Rosa Browrigg, and Miss'Mabcl Lynne.' .The ip.' to close this evening, when '''The. Power, of ,the Cross,".will be staged. / THEATRE ROYAL. I Fuller's Advanced. Vaudeville and Modern Biograph, Company repeated an excellent entertainment to a : large and appreciative audience i last night.. There was ■ a liew'.performer in the person of Kodamo,, who gave a very clever, exhibition in liis Japanese Risky ac'fcj ' and lie rccoived a good reception. The Banvards,- Franklins, Marlowo Sisters, Denis Carney, and others, were, as usual, well received. ATTRACTIONS FOR NEW ZEALAND. v- Allan Hamilton," the ' well-known theatrical manager, informs us that the now Rickards Vaudoville 'Company' and' ' the "Prince Chap " • Comedy Company, headed by,, that clever. actor, Mr/ Harry Roberts, leave Sydney for Wellington to-day by .the Monowai. The Rickards Company includes the famous Klos aerial trapeaists, • and, the. -Artois Brothers, two of the cleverest'-"turns".'seen; in Australia' for : a long time. The. company begins ■ ita tour at Dunedin. . The -Comedy Company opens at' Christchurch on, Junc.l. . . ... \ ".THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL." At the Opera House to-morrow evening Orc&y-BarstowY fine romantic drama "The Scarlet Pimpernel"'will be staged by, Mr. Julius .Knight, Miss Ola Humphrey, and : Mr. J'. C. Williamson's Dramatic Company. Many exciting scenes are enacted during.thp play. - ;Mr. Julius' Knight impersonates tlio part of Sir .Percy Blakeney, and Miss Ola Humphrey appears as Lady Blakeney.' Tlio box plans are at tho Dresden, and day sale tickets are availabio 'at Cliristeson's. : SKATING. The .skating season promises to be most successful, the attendances at all sessions at the Olympia Skating Rink yesterday being satisfactory. On Saturday morning there will be a children's matinee at half-prices, and an eight-lap raco on plain skates ivill be run during the evening. The first carnival will bo held about June 17.